You may have heard of Axe Cop, a new webcomic that’s been growing in Internet popularity these last couple of weeks. It’s difficult to describe what the comic’s about because … it’s about a lot. There’s a cop who has an axe. And another cop with a flute (but he becomes a dinosaur soldier). Then there’s a baby with a unicorn horn. And robots. And magical apples that – when you eat them, turn your hands into apples, which shoot apples.

Confused yet? Well don’t be, because when you read Axe Cop, it all makes sense. That’s because Axe Cop is written by five-year-old from Washington, Malachai Nicolle. The series is illustrated by his 29-year-old brother, professional illustrator Ethan Nicolle. The result of this brilliant collaboration is a wonderfully fun adventure that goes, well, just about everywhere. Malachai creates the narrative, providing dialogue along the way, and Ethan translates the story into the comic format. (An amusing video detailing the duo’s writing process follows the jump.)

This is the last of the introductory Dork Tower strips we’ve been running in the lead-up to tomorrow’s actual premiere of new content. I was supposed to have run this last Friday but, you know…. New Years. Sigh.

Earlier this week, the ever brilliant xkcd delivered another of their wonderfully geeky webcomics. The Tech Support Cheat Sheet spread over the interweb faster than a squirrel crasher. Well OK, maybe not that fast, but I kept on seeing it linked everywhere.

I think a lot of GeekDad’s audience can relate to its message – as soon as the other “Not Computer People” realize you know a bit about computers, they instantly think you can fix anything. I can usually get out of this one by saying, “Sorry, I’m a Mac guy, I don’t know anything about PCs” – which is true and has saved me countless times. Of course this doesn’t work for other Mac users, especially those family members who I’ve convinced to help line the pockets of Mr Jobs and Co.

So I sent the link on to my Dad – he’s always FW: FW: FW:-ing me terrible jokes and ‘hilarious’ Powerpoint slideshows, and has even been known to respond to spam in the past. I thought he’d get a kick out of it.

What I didn’t expect was that he’d think it was real.

And even more surprising was the fact that he managed to solve his problem by following the flow chart!

Apparently, he’d ‘accidentally’ deleted or otherwise hidden a folder full of scans of old family photos from his desktop, and by randomly choosing menu items he eventually came across the ‘Undo Move…’ command in the Edit menu, and returned them to their rightful place.

Call me crazy, but a comic about proto-programmers Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage running amok in the 19th century is a whole lot more exciting than one about some Canadian with knives in his hands.

I recently stumbled upon Sydney Padua’s gorgeous new web comic 2D Goggles. Drawn in stark black and white, it follows Lovelace and Babbage through various adventures, including their involvement in the financial collapse of America (sound familiar?). While primarily a labor of love at the moment, the comic is still incredibly engaging, geeky and wickedly witty.

From Free Wil #1: This was an idea I had a few months ago, inspired by the very amusing tweets of Wil Wheaton and his imagined conversations with his iTunes software and other (usually) non-speaking entities. But I have no actual drawing abilities, so I wasn’t sure how to make it happen. Then one day I was taking pictures with my digital camera, and it occurred to me I could pull the idea off by using pictures of action figures as the characters. And not just action figures, but LEGO minifigs as well. So, with the purchase of a few pieces of equipment and software, I’m in business. I have no idea if this will continue. But there’s enough material for a few dozen strips, so if I get any encouragement (and can find the time), I’ll do more. I hope you’ll enjoy – Free Wil!